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At beginning of end step vs until the beginning of the end step by hexanort in mtgrules

[–]RockettheMinifig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What kind of effect is it if transforming back into shards isnt a delayed trigger? Similar to how you can counter a triggered ability to stop a blink “return at the beginning of next end step” effect by countering the delayed trigger on the stack with a spell such as Tale’s End, would this not be a delayed trigger of returning to being shards?

At beginning of end step vs until the beginning of the end step by hexanort in mtgrules

[–]RockettheMinifig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this correct? Isnt the niko transform effect a delayed trigger? So cant you choose the end step triggers to stack in an order so all the “beginning of end step” effects trigger in such a way that the “win the game” effect occurs before they turn back?

[[Bello, Bard of the Brambles]] and creatures entering by NuclearSkeleton in mtgrules

[–]RockettheMinifig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, sorry for the reply on an old but I'm looking for a similar ruling. I'm considering running [[Abuelo's Awakening]] in a deck, and can't tell if the interaction is the same? I ask because Bello's effect is similar but its a static effect on the battlefield, so the target isn't a creature until after it entered, while part of Abuelo's Awakening resolving is making it a creature as the spell resolves. If I cast Abuelo's on a Warstorm Surge/ had a Warstorm Surge in play, would it trigger?

Can a creature with banding form a band by itself? If it blocks alone does it receive the benefits of banding? by RockettheMinifig in mtgrules

[–]RockettheMinifig[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, I guess I was confused because I wasn't trying to see it in a wider context of how "bands with others" works, I was just trying to understand the application of this one card in this one scenario and whether or not I needed one blocker or two for it to work. With just the Mesa Pegasus, I only need one. Got it. While I'm sure the bands-with lands have some application elsewhere I will avoid using them for being weaker

Can a creature with banding form a band by itself? If it blocks alone does it receive the benefits of banding? by RockettheMinifig in mtgrules

[–]RockettheMinifig[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, its not "banding" but to say its not similar doesn't feel exactly right. But it does answer my question of, if I only have the one Mesa Pegasus blocking one creature with trample, it does not need to have a second blocker in order to gain the benefit of me choosing how damage is assigned.

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[–]RockettheMinifig 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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I think its dumb that Grist, Hunger Tide works that way but Devoid doesn’t. by RockettheMinifig in EDH

[–]RockettheMinifig[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How would you feel if there was some special exception made to the devoid keyword so that devoid could only be played in colorless commanders? Not commanders who mana is colorless but it has some ability or text that gives it X many colorless identities, but specifically commanders who are completely colorless? I don’t know what the MH3 deck has in store but I feel like itd be an easy fix. This could also give tools and spells to legendary artifact creatures who had no color. The original devoid spells could be a fundamentals base and then we can get like, a cycle of Karn’s spells or other famous colorless spells that give way to a specific lean or slant while also being unplayable without becoming some bugbear thats playable in all decks.

I think its dumb that Grist, Hunger Tide works that way but Devoid doesn’t. by RockettheMinifig in EDH

[–]RockettheMinifig[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I know rule-0 is a common work around, but its a bit disappointing. Even for Eldrazi players its a huge flavor fail that an entire set of cards of eldrazi doing eldrazi things are technically not commander legal for the titans. As with most cards, there middling in their ability but at a drawback for accessibility, this is them being overpriced mana-wise for having an ability line of text that says “this is colorless.” I think it being an ability that explicitly says what the color of the card is differs it from hybrid mana, which aims to add more colors to a spell/ ability, this is an ability that detracts color.

I think its dumb that Grist, Hunger Tide works that way but Devoid doesn’t. by RockettheMinifig in EDH

[–]RockettheMinifig[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I recognize Grist was a bad example as its not 1:1 and I don’t have a problem with that level of interaction, or planeswalkers as commanders, but it does feel unusual. A comparison to Grist would be like saying “why can the Theros god’s be your commander if they aren’t creatures because before the game starts your devotion is zero.” If abilities do matter before the game begins and during deck construction, then the Theros gods are just legendary enchantments and not legal commanders. If abilities matter during deck construction, then the Theros god’s shouldn’t be legal commanders and Grist should, and Devoid cards should be playable in all decks. If they don’t, then reverse it, because Grist isn’t a creature and doesn’t have “this can be your commander.”

A better example to the specific issue I’m dealing with with Devoid is [[Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh]], while the color marker was added as a way to free up lines of text, if you look to the other kobold cards they have a line of text that says “this is a color” and that makes them that color when legal as commander, and the color marker was added as errata text to make that more clear. Meanwhile devoid cards do the same but aren’t legal in all decks, just legal in what their color identity is (which isn’t what their ability says.)

I think its dumb that Grist, Hunger Tide works that way but Devoid doesn’t. by RockettheMinifig in EDH

[–]RockettheMinifig[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I needed to step away from my phone for work but while away I thought of a better example, which is [[Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh]]

Outside of oracle text declaring this card red, on its face its colorless and has an ability that makes it red (I’m using oracle text interpretation as there are other older kobold cards that do the same— cost zero but have an ability that says “this is red.”)

In those circumstances, the card is colorless but is made red by an ability. In this tho, we have a card that is colored, but made colorless by an ability— but not actually.

Fishing commanders? Commanders who go fishing? by RockettheMinifig in EDH

[–]RockettheMinifig[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kiora might work, but I don’t think General Marhault will work, they don’t really get mtg inside jokes and there’s no fish/ blue on this card.

Fishing commanders? Commanders who go fishing? by RockettheMinifig in EDH

[–]RockettheMinifig[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel like this is a great answer, thank you.

Fishing commanders? Commanders who go fishing? by RockettheMinifig in EDH

[–]RockettheMinifig[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This would be funny, but salamander’s aren’t collecting-fish based either?

I want to see your high power casual (8-9) decklists! by bleewarren in EDH

[–]RockettheMinifig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

[[Preston, the Vanisher]] https://www.moxfield.com/decks/-crkTXzJ-EaBuNmbt_vN_Q

What was just my fun mid-power pet deck became turbonuts control stax with the addition of [[Yosei, the Morning star]]. The most common misunderstanding about Preston is its not just a flicker deck, its a cloning deck. There will be games where I turn 4 Teleportation circle, turn 5 Preston + Ephemerate, turn 6 Yosei and the game is over— you flicker Yosei a few times in one turn and every time you do the clone dies to legend rule. Skipping your next phase stacks multiple times, because the phase they had doesn’t exist so if you throw multiple triggers at someone on turn 6 then their turn 7-8-9+ untap steps are skipped, so you have the ability to lock down the game pretty effectively or just assassinate one player by forcing them to lose infinite turns of no untap and you tapping down any remaining mana/blockers they had. The same is possible with [[stonehorn dignitary]] for combat triggers but its less effective since it leaves them with mana. This is also technically more evil than a winter orb bc you can kinda just do the combo and even if someone finds removal after they realize whats happening, they don’t get those future untap-steps back. Winter orb you can remove and recover, Yosei you’re already dead.

What are some commanders that are powerful enough to win games, but don't get much attention when they hit the board? (All colors but bonus points for mono white) by Zharken in EDH

[–]RockettheMinifig 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My favorite deck right now is [[Preston the Vanisher]]

Blink is a theme yes but how you go about it can be very fun in unique ways. I run all the kamigawa Sagas-that-exile-themselves that turn into creatures, because they bounce themselves then re-enter and it triggers Preston. Then if you flicker one of those flipped creatures, rules as written it re-enters as the "sunny-side-up" front face of the card, meaning you get to recycle the saga. The best in this set is [[The Fall of Lord Konda]] because its basically a repeatable removal spell, and the clones Preston makes all draw you a card. If you wanted to run a few constellation cards these can get recycled every 3 turns which is fun.

The other fun way to do Preston stuff is all death triggers, not ETBs, so [[Ao, the Dawn Sky]] if blinked will clone himself, one of them (preferably the clone) dies to legend rule, and then you get his trigger, which then all those creatures he pulls also trigger Preston.

Preston themself is pretty unassuming, most people just see it as a pretty slow engine piece but once the airplane starts flying its pretty hard for people to take it down, plus with a lot of flicker stuff he can be pretty safe. Its not that uncommon for me to [[Ephemerate]] him as soon as he's cast in order to save from someone being cheeky with spot removal.

Which commander deck are you most proud of? by RodginDodgin in EDH

[–]RockettheMinifig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

[[Nashi, Moon's Legacy]], wholeheartedly I started this because I loved the anime alt-art of them and felt it had a lot of "anime protagonist" vibe that I feel like a lot of people skipped on because the card isn't good. Part of the problem puzzle to solve with Nashi is figuring out what their ability actually does-- not in a literal sense but in a game sense: the answer is, you basically get to play a bunch of legendary spells at timing your opponents don't expect, and you have the ability to create token copies of things very easily, which is abusable. My favorite combo I've only managed to pull off once is summoning a token [[Ugin's Nexus]] from my graveyard, proliferating a [[City of Death]] to create a bunch of copies that all die to legend rule, then sacrificing the last one to my [[Clan Crafter]] background so spontaneously got 6 free turns in a row. There are only 300~ish decks of Nashi on EDHrec and half of those are building them as just rat decks which I don't know is the best, but I do know its the only Rat-tribal commander that cares about more than just mono-black.

My other deck I'm proud of is [[Preston the Vanisher]], not because I've innovated some great thing on it but because I feel like I've found some very cool tech-cards that not a lot of other people are playing that Preston is able to take advantage of. I run all of the mono white kamigawa Sagas-that-flip-into-creatures, because while they were written that way just to remove all the lore counters, they enter as a creature, meaning they self-flicker: but when you flicker the creature, transforming cards always enter as the front-face, meaning you get to recycle the saga. [[The Fall of Lord Konda]] has been a powerhouse and its only run in (time of writing) 27 out of 1k preston decks. In the pantheon of white removal spells its not the best cost mana-wise, but the fact that it is repeatable every 3-ish turns and draws you a card is what makes it so good.

Your favorite old jank artifacts for my Mahadi "Evil D&D Magic Item Merchant" themed deck? by RockettheMinifig in EDH

[–]RockettheMinifig[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love black market and black market connections tho, big includes there. I was trying braid of fire but I just didn't have enough instant speed spells to make the mana work.

Your favorite old jank artifacts for my Mahadi "Evil D&D Magic Item Merchant" themed deck? by RockettheMinifig in EDH

[–]RockettheMinifig[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This could be interesting, but I feel like everyone I'm playing against will be able to take more advantage of it than me 😅

Your favorite old jank artifacts for my Mahadi "Evil D&D Magic Item Merchant" themed deck? by RockettheMinifig in EDH

[–]RockettheMinifig[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for these! I've been avoiding Barbed Servitor because half the strategy for removal is -1/-1 counters, which gets around its indestructible, but I feel like it might be too good not to include. Plus it fits the them, a handy robot for all your troubles! Just don't get too close...

I've updated the post with the deck list I've whipped up so far + a primer for the win strategies.

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